Brown Rice vs White Rice = Whole vs. Processed

Today the latest health craze is "Whole Foods." It's the name of the store for Christ's sake. But a lot of people don't really understand what exactly it is about whole foods that makes them so important. So to demonstrate this, I'm going to show a comparison of white rice vs. brown rice, and specifically WHY one would contribute to type 2 diabetes, while the other would help in alleviating it.

This is a chart of medium grain white rice after it's been cooked.

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This is a chart of medium grain brown rice after it's been cooked.

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Notice the stark differences there? Brown rice has nearly quadruple the magnesium and manganese of white rice. It shouldn't be a huge surprise find then that both magnesium and manganese play large roles in blood glucose metabolism.

Yeah, I bet everyone will still say it's just the "fiber," right?